Through the paths of Walibrix

Hike through the woods and bucolic trails of Wavre, Limal, Bierges and Rixensart

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 11.63 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 40 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 115 m
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    Descent: - 115 m

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    Highest point: 118 m
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    Lowest point: 51 m

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Description of the walk

(S/E) From Profondsart station, turn right under the bridge onto Chemin de Bourgeois and at the intersection with Rue de Moriensart, take the dirt track slightly to the right.

(1) At the top of the path, turn left onto Chemin du Seucha. At the end of the path, after the cemetery, turn left onto Rue Joséphine Rauscent and then take the second right onto Avenue de Nivelles.

(2) Turn left with your back to Clos du Vicinal and turn onto the small path on the right about ten metres away. Follow this path, which crosses two streets.

(3) At the end of the path, take a sharp left turn onto Rue de la Terrienne. At the end, turn right onto Rue de la Haie, then take the first left onto Sentier du Traquet.

(4) Leave Rue du Blanc Try on your right and follow Chemin des Tourterelles

(5) At the top of the path, turn left onto Avenue de Mèrode on the right-hand pavement: be careful, as this is a busy road for about 300 metres.

(6) At Avenue Boréale, turn right into an entrance (3 iron gates, see photo) to access the Bois de Limal and follow the path on the left.

(7) In the Bois de Rixensart, at the intersection of several paths, follow the central path slightly to the right.

(8) Turn left onto the Plagniau path and then continue along Rue du Plagniau.

(9) Turn left onto the cemetery path. At the end of the path, continue along Rue Adelin Hautfenne until you reach Rue de l'Église. Turn left and take the first path (stairs) on the right, then turn into the first left.

(10) Turn right onto the path until you reach Avenue Martin Luther King and, at the roundabout, head towards the station car park and take the path opposite on the left of the car park. Follow the railway line to the end of the Pélerin path.

(11) At the roundabout, turn right onto Avenue du Pélerin. At the end of the bend, take the path on the right and at the end of the path, turn right onto Rue des Bleuets. Cross the bridge over the railway line. Take the first left after the bridge and go down the Chemin de Bourgeois to Profondsart station (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 89 m - Profondsart station
  2. 1 : km 0.42 - alt. 107 m - Chemin du Seucha
  3. 2 : km 1.61 - alt. 112 m - Clos du Vicinal
  4. 3 : km 3.48 - alt. 64 m - Rue de la Terrienne
  5. 4 : km 4.16 - alt. 76 m - Chemin des Tourterelles
  6. 5 : km 4.89 - alt. 109 m - Avenue de Mèrode
  7. 6 : km 5.59 - alt. 106 m - Bois de Limal
  8. 7 : km 6.82 - alt. 99 m - Rixensart Woods
  9. 8 : km 7.57 - alt. 62 m - Sentier du Plagniau
  10. 9 : km 8.59 - alt. 97 m - Cemetery Path
  11. 10 : km 9.42 - alt. 90 m - Path on the right between a hedge and a garage
  12. 11 : km 10.69 - alt. 97 m - Roundabout, Avenue du Pélerin
  13. S/E : km 11.63 - alt. 89 m - Profondsart station

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 18 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
ArinaTomberg
ArinaTomberg

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Unfortunately, the route mainly follows asphalt roads. In particular, a long section between points 5 and 6 runs alongside a very busy road. A few narrow passages between gardens do little to improve the situation. The only pleasant part of the route is the Bois de Limal, where you can find several bunkers dating from the interwar period.

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Luc nicolas
Luc nicolas

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 01, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very enjoyable and varied hike. I modified the route slightly to go deeper into the Limal woods, which are very beautiful and home to a wide variety of tree species, even though the path becomes a trail and can be a little more slippery.

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Christine75
Christine75

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 26, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

a lovely little hike through farm tracks, pretty neighbourhoods and a stretch through the Limal woods. A wonderful discovery, very clear route, done solo, no difficulties. I had a great time while my daughter was having fun at Walibi 😃

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GILLES Dominique
GILLES Dominique

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This is a very beautiful route through Brabant. It was a little difficult to get started, as the names of the streets were not indicated (e.g. Rue de Bourgeois) and the starting point "behind the station" was unclear (there is no station, only platform exits). We only found the slightly oblique starting point because a postman pointed us in the direction of Seucha. From there, everything was much easier, except for Avenue de Mérode, which does not have this name at the indicated location, but another name. The route through the Limal woods was not always very clear.
The route should have been followed according to the coordinates provided by Visiorando, but we hadn't brought our mobile phone!
Apart from that, this route is a wonderful memory!

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Spooky_wookie
Spooky_wookie

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We arrived by train with our dogs. Beautiful scenery and few people on a Monday.
Be careful during rainy periods, as there was a lot of mud and some slippery sections.
The only downside was the road you have to walk along (points 5 to 6). You're right next to cars driving at 70 km/h (you can feel the lorries passing). However, it's worth it because it's a very beautiful part of the forest (points 6 to 8) (a bit wild at first, but we didn't mind).
We stopped the walk at point 10 to catch the train back to Rixensart.
A lovely time for the dogs.

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Martine (Bruxelles)
Martine (Bruxelles)

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Only the starting point is difficult to find...
A lovely walk through woods and fields.
The section along Avenue de Mérode is not very pleasant

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hingot
hingot

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I had already done this walk before. It is still just as pleasant. In my previous comment, I suggested, without having done so myself, not to walk all the way along Avenue de Mérode (point 5) and to turn left through the housing estate. This time I did so. As planned, you just need to turn left onto Avenue de Mérode for about 100 metres, then first turn left then right and take the street through the housing estate parallel to Avenue de Mérode until you reach the first street on the right, which leads straight to point 6, giving access to the woods.

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Francis Luypaert
Francis Luypaert

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 18, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Lovely walk, beautiful surroundings, but difficult to follow the route due to a lack of signposts indicating the names of the paths in the woods. Fortunately, we were more or less familiar with the area

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Yogiyoga
Yogiyoga

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The only problem with this route is that some of the descriptions at junctions are a little vague. Fortunately, the alarm allows us to turn back and try to find the right path. It doesn't matter to us, we just walk a little further than the advertised distance.
The route is very interesting and varied, taking in the countryside, woods and built-up areas with a mix of old architecture and more modern neighbourhoods.

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yvesregimont
yvesregimont

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and surprisingly peaceful walk in a corner of Walloon Brabant known for its density.
I had downloaded the GPX track, so I didn't need a map or description. But it's true that in some places on the ground, there seem to be different paths that cross each other and are not on the GPS map, and therefore probably don't officially exist.

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Pitou5300
Pitou5300

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello,

At point 8, it is a little difficult to find the Plagniau trail, even with the map, given the number of trails that intersect there. The description could perhaps be improved by mentioning the bunker that you need to leave on your right and the fact that the trail is paved at the beginning and has a fairly steep slope, which will make it easier to distinguish from the others. Point 8 is also an area that is likely to be very muddy (we walked it on frozen ground) due to the proximity of streams and other watercourses.

As for the last part, walking along the "RER wall" is a little uninteresting, but there is probably no alternative.

In any case, it remains a feat to map out a "green walk" for the most part in Walloon Brabant, which is undergoing constant urbanisation.

Kind regards,

Michel Van Hove

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19Blackie43
19Blackie43

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Everything was easy. The local council changed the name of the street twice, but the description was so good that we had no difficulty.

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andré1313
andré1313

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 09, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful route, varied, woods, fields (few), houses, with, as already noted in the comments, a lack of signage on the streets crossed... Fortunately, the GPS route is there to remove any doubt.
No need to worry, there are no major difficulties.

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hingot
hingot

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 06, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice short hike. Starting point difficult to find. I left our vehicle on Avenue du Pélerin, where we set off from.
Improvement point 5: why follow the busy Avenue de Mérode and not take a left a little further on through the housing estate to reach point 6? We didn't do it, but is there any reason not to?

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Leckermaule
Leckermaule

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 29, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Good description. Not very hilly, so easy, yet varied and close to Brussels.
It was perfect for us

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